The Disturbing Truth About Ed Kemper
Much like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and other notorious serial killers, Ed Kemper gained a perverse quasi-celebrity status for doing the unthinkable.
Read MoreMuch like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and other notorious serial killers, Ed Kemper gained a perverse quasi-celebrity status for doing the unthinkable.
Read MoreCharles Lindbergh was a household name when his son, Charles Lindbergh, Jr. was kidnapped. This is the tragic true story of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.
Read MoreWhen it comes to grooming, cats beat dogs hands down. Up to 50 percent of a cat's waking time is devoted to grooming its lustrous coat, or some other part of its body ... But which cat coats are the longest?
Read MoreBilly Joel has been around for a long time, and written enough hits that even if you've never paid attention to the guy, you probably recognize at least half a dozen of his tunes. But while songs like "Piano Man" are part of our everyday life, it seems he hasn't been up to much in recent years.
Read MoreElon Musk has opinions. Recently, the Tesla founder expressed his opinions about the current coronavirus pandemic on Twitter. He thinks that it's, and this is a quote, "dumb." That statement might have had to do with what it did to his bank account.
Read MoreIn the early morning hours of March 9th, 1997, rap music star Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, took four bullets in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
Read MoreJohnny Cash, or J.R. Cash, as he was born, had a widely varied career. Most associated with show business, he was also an ordained minister, dealing with the Ring of Fire on multiple fronts.
Read MoreCats kill up to 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion small mammals annually. In that sense, they are aggressively lethal creatures.
Read MoreTruly, there have been very few people who can even think of attempting to do what Bruce Lee did in his specialized art of ... cha-cha dancing. Wait, hold on. What?
Read MoreHave you ever bought a tub of low-fat ice cream only to eat eight times more than you would of the fattier version? Vaping is basically high-tech low-fat ice cream for smokers.
Read MoreToday we sometimes refer to it as the Wild West. But how wild was its food? And what sort of fare did the legendary Wyatt Earp eat?
Read MoreWith millions of people confronting the prospect of unexpected expenses and unprecedented levels of unemployment, you might be asking yourself: How is billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doing financially, during all of this?
Read MoreSo, it looks like humanity has done it once again. On March 11, 2020, the rangers at Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy -- a nature conservation area in Garissa County, Kenya -- finally found out what happened to the two ultra-rare white giraffes that have been AWOL for months.
Read MoreMick Fleetwood liked doing drugs, and in the late 1970s it was possible to afford thousands of dollars worth of cocaine in any given month just by being the drummer from Fleetwood Mac. He would end up bankrupt because of it. This is the stunning amount of money Mick Fleetwood blew on drugs.
Read MoreBenedict Arnold committed his first act of treason alongside George Washington and the revolutionaries in the colonies. Then he switched sides. But Benedict Arnold's reasons for betraying the Americans may have seemed justified in his own mind. So why did Benedict Arnold really betray the Americans?
Read MoreKing Philip II of Spain took the throne in 1556. His reign marked the start of absolutism, an era characterized by all-powerful, completely unaccountable monarchs. But the Spanish Crown's power has dwindled significantly since then. How much power does the King of Spain really have?
Read MoreEverybody knows the story of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian … right? Well, as it turns out, this tale of high-seas rebellion is actually pretty insane.
Read MoreTennessee Williams lived a life every bit as dramatic as the subjects of his stories. It seems only natural that the practiced showman would go out in the color he loved best: high drama. But it was an anticlimactic ending. Here's the truth about Tennessee Williams' bizarre death.
Read MoreThe Romanovs were assassinated in 1918, but that’s just the final act of their heartbreaking story. From troubled romances to major health issues, here’s the tragic real-life story of the Romanovs, the last imperial rulers of Russia.
Read MoreThere is plenty of discussion on the topic of the most playful cat, but there are some clear contenders for the title.
Read MoreBetween stories like Stephen King's Cujo and the primal understanding that they're all basically wolves that we taught to eat biscuits, we're all instilled with, at the very least, a healthy instinct to cross the street when a loose hound comes our way.
Read MoreAs Henry grew into his role as King of England he also grew into -- bigger-sized clothing, topping out with a reportedly 54-inch waist. The man became whopping. After all, he was king -- what would be denied him? Certainly not food. Here's what he typically ate.
Read MoreAfter the stock market plunge of early 2020, how is Bezos faring?
Read MorePandemic is one of the best-selling board games of all time. But who made this peculiar game about disease? Why is Pandemic so popular? And what untold truths can a strange board game reveal about how pandemics spread in the real world? Here's the untold truth of the Pandemic board game.
Read MoreIf all you know about Joseph from Genesis is his Technicolor Dreamcoat, there's a lot more to him. Here is the untold truth of Joseph in the Old Testament.
Read MoreWhen most think of Vikings, the first thing that comes to mind is looting and pillaging. But that's just one aspect of Viking life and culture, and over the years, historians have been able to unravel many more details of daily Viking life. Here's what life was really like as a Viking in 800 AD.
Read MoreThe Tiananmen Square massacre was a horrific event wherein the government slaughtered thousands of protesting individuals in cold blood. In mainland China, information regarding this mass murder has been suppressed for decades. This is the messed up truth about the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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